South Korea: Dried peppers hit by disease and fallen fruits’ production likely to decrease

[Reporter Go Seong-jin, Korea Rural Newspaper] This year's dry pepper production is expected to decrease compared to the previous year and normal years due to increased disease and fruit loss due to rain and reduced sunshine during the rainy season. Accordingly, it is expected that the wholesale price of dried red peppers coming out this month will be fine. On the other hand, onion and garlic wholesale prices are expected to fall compared to last year, and Chinese cabbage prices are expected to decline year-on-year despite a decrease in shipments. The Korea Rural Economic Institute revealed this in the observation data for the August issue of seasoned vegetables and leaf root vegetables recently released. Auctions for red pepper producing areas usually start in mid-July, and production of dried peppers produced this year is expected to decrease compared to the previous year. This year's red pepper cultivation area identified by the Rural Development Research Institute was 27,965 ...